Yesterday, I met with @LisaBraithwaite, a local Santa Barbaran. was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!, The first to respond was @robinzucker of Yahoo! who gladly offered to sponsor the event and provide the venue at Yahoo!’s I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time!

From TweetDeck to Yammer, WordPress to Twitter, Google Adwords to Yahoo Search, Facebook to LinkedIn, throw in a little AllTop, MyYahoo, Outlook, Powerpoint, Quicken (had to pay some bills)…my head is spinning.  Tags: Daily Diary eric david greenspan make it work computer loan modification mini cooper santa barbara sonos tech news technology tweetdeck Twitte I spent my week applying the new skills I obtained from attending conferences, reading and engaging in Twitter activities.  I literally have been switching from my Blackberry, to my iPhone, to my PC, back to the

From TweetDeck to Yammer, WordPress to Twitter, Google Adwords to Yahoo Search, Facebook to LinkedIn, throw in a little AllTop, MyYahoo, Outlook, Powerpoint, Quicken (had to pay some bills)…my head is spinning.  Tags: Daily Diary eric david greenspan make it work loan modification sonos Twitter tweetdeck technology computer tech news santa barbara mini coope I spent my week applying the new skills I obtained from attending conferences, reading and engaging in Twitter activities.  I literally have been switching from my Blackberry, to my iPhone, to my PC, back to the

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In many ways, the culture Kildall established was a precursor to the egalitarian, laid-back environments made more famous by Apple, Yahoo and Google before they became Big Dumb Companies. We did not ask them to accept our Santa Barbara, casual startup view of the world. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial The man at left built the first personal computer. He also spearheaded a number of fundamental software breakthroughs, including creating the basic hardware / software

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded IP communication software, announced two different partnerships this week at CES, saying that it has linked with NetLogic Microsystems on an Android product, and separately, that it has partnered with Opulan on a product for the residential gateway market. The firm said that that the NetLogic partnership specifically connects voice, VoIP, IM, SMS, and integration with such applications as GoogleTalk and Yahoo! In the NetLogic deal, D2 said that its mCUE communications client is now available on NetLogic's Au1300 processor, which is being aimed at OEMs and ODMs developing Android phones and other devices.

had a blast co-hosting that event with Jeff Pulver and it was a huge success thanks to Yahoo! (great great Yahoo blog post here). Last week, after a quick trip to Dallas and back, I had the privilege of speaking in front of a high school class at Dos Pueblos High in Santa Barbara, California. The "Assroom" at Dos Pueblos High It’s been mellow since the 140conf LA meetup and the “high” has worn off.

had a blast co-hosting that event with Jeff Pulver and it was a huge success thanks to Yahoo! (great great Yahoo blog post here). Last week, after a quick trip to Dallas and back, I had the privilege of speaking in front of a high school class at Dos Pueblos High in Santa Barbara, California. The "Assroom" at Dos Pueblos High It’s been mellow since the 140conf LA meetup and the “high” has worn off.

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billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We just did a deal with Rincon Ventures on a deal in Santa Barbara, and we're partnering with other firms on deals, and we'd like to see more. You've I'll point to Southern California, and there are lots This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active